TICKETS
$25 + bf. Buy tickets here > https://bit.ly/4cFOG4N
SHOW TIMES
Exhibition opens/Doors @ 6:00 pm
"Hope in Dark Places" Performance start time @ 7:00 pm
Performance end time @ 8:00 pm
Exhibition end time @ 10:00 pm
Food and drink provided
Chair and floor seating available for performance
Wheelchair accessibility on request and street parking close by
ABOUT ALCHEMY
‘Alchemy’ is an exhibition conceived of and curated by Isabelle Cowan and Ella Senbruns under the name Sage Arts. Nine artists have been invited to respond to the theme of Alchemy while collaborating with another artist in the show. The pairings will feature one jeweller/small object maker and one 2D artist. The aim of this is to create a variety of works based on the spiritual, chemical, religious or historical implications of alchemy. Artists are encouraged to respond in abstract ways to the changing of one thing to another, as well as engaging with current cultural or political transformations. Alchemy will also feature a performance and installation work from artist Beetle Miyela on the opening night.
ABOUT HOPE IN DARK PLACES
Time shows us the struggle, the pain, the liberation and the ecstasy of being. Hope In Dark Places, works to curiously explore the motive of these repetitive cycles. By using time and space to action a shared, performative experience for one to investigate a personal and communal relationship to these emotions.
The Japanese art known as, Kintsugi (Japanese: 金継ぎ, lit. 'golden joinery'), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair") is a practice that originally consists of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with powdered gold. Inspired by the harmonious mending and transformational healing of the ‘golden repair’, Hope In Dark Places metaphorically offers oneself an opportunity to tend to their wounds. Throughout the performance and extended exhibition of the work, one can lay their fears, worries or brokenness within a piece of gold thread and as they feel ready, they are invited to tie their thread to the work, slowly forming a collective weaving. The communal weaving of this golden web aims to create an experience for one to observe their own healing whilst bearing witness to the vulnerable transformation of others. Further, Alchemising one's darkness into something greater, as having the courage to share our fears, ignites a light far brighter than any mask can hide. Hope In Dark Places is a calling to share one's whole self. A ritual of radiance, a unity of pain, an honouring of depth and most importantly, a creation of hope.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Beetle Miyela is a Magandjin-based, experimental sound and performance artist, with experience ranging across acting, sound healing and Japanese Butoh Dance. Dedicated to creating safe space for people to ‘journey back to their center,’ Miyela uses
art as a medium to bridge the philosophy, the imaginary and the extraordinary. Drawing source from the beauty of mother nature and the complex dualities of her natural cycles. Miyela has been working and training in the performing arts for the past 5 years, completing a Bachelor of Creative Industries, majoring in Drama and Performance, 2023. Her ambition is to cultivate performances for community and individuals to experience the power of vulnerability. Miyela has recently returned from a creative development trip around Europe, where she partly spent time completing an artist residency program with Le Huit, in Southern France.